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A centennial celebration of the Brownies' book /

"The Brownies' Book occupies a special place in the history of African American children's literature. Informally the children's counterpart to the NAACP's The Crisis magazine, it was one of the first periodicals created primarily for Black youth. Several of the objectives t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Johnson-Feelings, Dianne (Editor ), McNair, Jonda C., 1970- (Editor ), Bishop, Rudine Sims (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
Colección:Children's Literature Association series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies' Book
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Facsimile of the January 1920 issue of The Brownies' Book
  • Chapter 1. The Blind Maze of Thought: Jessie Redmon Fauset, The Brownies' Book, and the Measure of a Movement
  • Chapter 2. Black Heroes and "The Jury": The Brownies' Book Biographies as Counter-Memories for Black Children
  • Chapter 3. "My Soul Calls for Larger Things": Voice, Vision, and Justice in Children's Letters to the Editor
  • Chapter 4. "Let Us Make the World Know That We Are Living": The Brownies' Book, African American Newspapers, and Black Childhood Identity
  • Chapter 5. Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: A Worthy Successor to The Brownies' Book
  • Facsimile of the December 1921 issue of The Brownies' Book
  • Contributors